Lisa MurphyFounder and Luminaria at Limited to Limitless Transformational Consultants

Your Best Employee Already Has One Foot Out the Door (Here's the 3-Step Fix)

30 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this concise advisory segment, Lisa Murphy challenges the common belief that employees leave primarily for higher pay. She argues that the real drivers of turnover are feelings of being unseen, lacking role clarity, and missing career development opportunities. These intangible factors don’t appear on financial statements but manifest through observable behaviors such as frequent LinkedIn updates, reduced engagement in meetings, and reluctance to volunteer for new projects. By recognizing these signals, leaders can address the underlying issues and improve retention.

You're not losing people to pay. Everyone assumes it's about money. It's rarely about money. It's about feeling unseen, feeling like your growth doesn't matter, feeling like the business leader is too busy to notice you. So why shouldn't you look elsewhere? The things your best people are unhappy about—role clarity, career development, being heard—those don't show up on a P&L. They show up in how often they update their LinkedIn profile, how engaged they are in meetings, whether they volunteer for new projects or just do what's asked.